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AMERICAN MINI THEATRES, INC. v. GRIBBS

Nos. 74-2129, 74-2303.

518 F.2d 1014 (1975)

AMERICAN MINI THEATRES, INC., a Michigan Corporation, and Pussycat Theatres of Michigan, a Michigan Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Roman GRIBBS, Mayor of the City of Detroit, et al., Defendants-Appellees. NORTOWN THEATRE INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Roman GRIBBS, Mayor of the City of Detroit, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Certiorari Granted October 20, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Taylor, Taylor & Rubin, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Maureen P. Reilly, Michael M. Glusac, Detroit Corp. Counsel, Elliott S. Hall, John E. Cross, John F. Hathaway, Asst. Corp. Counsels, Detroit, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before EDWARDS, CELEBREZZE and LIVELY, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Granted October 20, 1975. See 96 S.Ct. 214.

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

This case deals with a city zoning ordinance which classifies and regulates "adult" movie theatres and bookstores solely on the basis of the content of the materials which they purvey. Except for one feature the zoning ordinance and a related code amendment were held valid by the district court as against charges that they violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution...

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